Insect-trap.



W. H. STANLEY.

INSECT TRAP.

APPLICATloN HLED 1uNE29, 191s.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

W MLS/fnf? A aV citizen of the WILLIAM H. STANLEY, OF'ANACORTES, WASHINGTON.

IN SECT-TRA?.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ret. ii, reis.

Application led .Tune 29, 1918. Serial No. 242,533.

To all whom z' may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM II. STANLEY, United States, residing at Anacortes, in the county of Skagit and State of Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insect-Traps, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention rel-ates to certain improvements in insect traps and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character which is included in a screen door structure and it is an obj ect of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character having effective means whereby flies or the like may be readily captured.

Itis also an object of the invention to provide a'device of this general character wherein a movable cage. is employed together with a support carried by a screen door or the like upon which the cage is mounted and wherein means are employed for effectively holding the cage in applied position upon the support.

he invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my invention wherebycertain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, Vless expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will bev hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novelfeatures of my invention will i hereinafter be definitely claimed.

- In order that my invention may be the i better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a view partly` in elevation and partly in section illustrating an insect trap constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken through the upper end portion of the device as illustrated in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in perspective of the supporting member as herein embodied.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings 1 denotes the vertical stiles of a screen door frame and interposed between said stiles at a point in close proximity to the top strip 2 of the door frame is a supporting member SA formed preferably of a thin metallic plate and which is substantially in the form in cross section of an inverted V. The apex portion of the supportingmember S is provided with the elongated openings 3 and the opposite end portions of the supporting member S bridge the inner marginal portions of the vertical stiles l and are suitably anchored thereto as indicated at 4. The

sides 5 of the supporting member S extend beyond the opposite faces of the door frame and secured to the lower marginal portion of the member S at the inner side of the door frame is the upper edge portion of the screen fabric F coacting with the lower portion of the door frame while the lower edge portion of the screen fabric F coacting with the upper portion of the door frame is 'secured to the lower marginal portion of the side 5 of the supporting member S extending beyond the outer face of the door frame.

denotes a cage of a length substantially equal to the distance between the vertical stiles l of the door frame and said cage includes a bottom plate 6 having its portion at substantially its transverse center in the form of an inverted V with the apex portion thereof provided with the elongated openings 7. Secured to the opposite longitudinal marginal prtions of the `bottom 6 and the marginal portions of the end pieces 8 of the cage is the screen fabric 9. The cage O is adapted to be mounted upon the supporting member S and when applied the V-shape portion of the bottom 6 receives the supporting member S.

Adjacent each end of the supporting member S is a transversely disposed strip l0 preferably of wire and which ymay be secured to the member S in any desired manner. rl'lhe opposite end portions of the strip 10 are continued by the upwardly directed extensions l1 which are adapted to stradtlle the cage C when the same is mounted upon the support S whereby eliective means are provided to effectively hold the cage C to the support S. The free extremities of the extensions 11 terminate in the upstanding portions 12 one of which being of loop formation and having interlocked therewith a ring member 14. The member 14 is adapted to pass over the second portion l2 for holding the extensions 1l in locked engagement with the cage C. When it is desired to remove the cage C it is only necessary to dis'- engage the ring 14 from the second portion 12 and separate the extensions 11 and then suiiciently separate or spread said extensions 11. In order to empty the cage C of its contents an end piece S is removed.

Secured to 'the inner marginal portions of the vertical stiles 1 and adjacent the support S are theV outwardly directed wings 15 substantially diamond-shaped in form and secured to the free edge portions of said wings 15 is the fabric F hereinbefore referred to. The wings 15 and fabric F produce a downwardly openingpassage-way to facilitate the capture of the flies or other insects. When the flies or the like light upon the door it is their characteristic to alight with their heads up. The heat from the room causes them to crawl upwardly. As they enter within the passageway a as afforded by the wings 15 and the fabric F they will be guided into the trap.

As is particularly illustrated in Fig. 2 each of the strips 10 is anchored as at 16 to the inner face or edge of a vertical stile 1.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that an insect trap constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

1I claim:

1. An insect Vtrap comprising a frame, a support substantially in the form of an invert-ed V in cross section disposed across the frame, the apex portion of the support being provided with an opening, a fabric for closing the frame above the support and connected with the lower marginal portion of the support, a second fabric for closing the frame below the support and secured to the second longitudinal marginal portion of the support, a cage seatable upon the support and including a bottom having an inverted V-shape portion to receive the support, the apex portion of the bottom of the cage being provided with an opening to register with the opening in the support, and means for locking the cage to the support. f

2. An insect trap comprising a frame, a support substantially in the form of an inverted V in -cross section disposed across the frame, the apex portion of the support being provided with an opening, a fabric for closing the frame above the support and connected with the lower marginal portion of the support, a second fabric for closing 'the frame below the support and secured to the second longitudinal marginal portion of the support, a cage Seatable upon the support and including a bottom having an inverted V-shape portion to receive the support, the apex portion of the bottom of the cage being provided with an opening to register with the opening in the support, upstanding extensions at opposite sides of the support Y adapted to straddle the cage when the cage is mounted upon the support, and locking means coacting with the extensions for holding the same in locking engagement with the cage.

3. An insect trap comprising a frame, a support substantially in the form fof an inverted V in cross section disposed across the frame, the apex portion of the support being provided with an opening, a fabric for closing the frame above the Asupport and connected with the lower marginal portion of the support, a second fabric for closing the frame below the supportand secured to the second longitudinal margi nal portion of the support, a cage 'seatable upon the support and including a bottom having an inverted V-shap'ed portion to receive the support, the apex 'portion of the bottom of the cage being provided with an opening to register with Ith'e'op'ening in the support, yand means for locking the cage to the support, laterally 'extended wings carried by the frame adjacent the support, the second namedfabric beingsecured to the outer marginal portions of said wings, said wings and fabric affording a passage-way leading to the support.V In testimony whereof I hereunto affixl my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VVILLIANI H. STANLEY.

lfilitnesses EARL R.. LovnLL, ANNA L. MGDANEL.

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